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I would but I started a list on a roll of toillet paper, and I have run out of room.

Our dog obedience class likes puppies to start by 14 weeks, this is puppies class, as opposed to puppy preschool. Our puppy preschool insists on first vaccination and younger than 14 weeks. Lots of the puppy preschool puppies go onto puppy classes at obedience. For us (after a badly socialised big dog) we have done puppy preschool and obedience with the standard poodle and now the CCR. Our dogs tend to be better with other dogs due to socialising in a safe setting.

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I heard once that dog bites don't give you an infection, only human bites do. I overheard this when I heard a nurse suggesting to a doctor I may need antibiotics after my dog chewed off the end of my finger. I say chewed because he did not bite me, he was chewing a bone and I was trying to remove it from the back of his mouth, as I was worried it was too small and might get caught in his throat. He kept chewing the bone and I chased it around his mouth as he chewed. I don't think he even realised he bit me. At the ER I was asrked if my dog had shown aggression before, I said he showed no aggression this time I was stupid. Oh and i did end up having antibiotics when my finger got infected. The doctor who prescibed them had a lovely eye roll at what the other doctor said.

When we got our poodle, I wanted black, we got a black female, when we chose our curly I would have preferred a black male, but was open to a liver boy. My old curly was a black boy and in my heart curlies should be black. Very happy with my black boy. We were at one stage considering another poodle and would have preferred white. The only reason in this case was when one came to wake us in the middle of the night we knew which dog we were talking to.

My husband and I definitely used dog training techniques on our kids. No means no, consistency, quick reward, and whilst toddlers, you could not punish behavior you did not see. As they have grown older I tend to have to reason with them, and explain things. Dogs are like kids that don't quite get out of toddlerhood. But all kids and dogs have their own inborn traits that make them easier in some ways and harder in others, its just more obvious in your kids as they share the same parents (generally) and the same upbringing (generally) but are still very different people. Dogs are generally from different parents if not different breeders or breeds, so we assume many differences are due to breed, or genetics.

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After our big boy died, we waited 18 months and got a very different looking dog. As we did not want to make comparisons, we still did, but in a different way. We got our next pup 2 weeks ago, but that was as we wanted to get our 8 year old some company (she now is acting like a 2 year old) but moreso, that we had a dog in the family in a few years time when she will die. We felt she was young enough to handle a puppy now, and the puppy should have quieted down enough to not bother her when she gets old and grumpy.

I also believe Curly Coated Retrievers make a good working dog. Brilliant gundogs. They just want to please their owner, but are happy to take themselves off for a nap, on thier own when at home. Our pup is picking things up really quickly. Plays brilliantly with our standard poodle. Also very light on the grooming. Do need regular ear cleans though, and checks between paws for grass seeds. Poodles can also be good in trial work, need clipping about every 8 weeks but are otherwise grooming light. Also require regular ear cleans. My poodle however is scared of the water and considers it a personal affront if her paws get wet. The walk around our neighbourhood during the floods was funny as she lifted and shook her paws with every step, and gave us accusing glances.

I just want to add an extra vote to the idea of visiting a specialist. My husband is a vet, and when he worked in private practice, he felt that often, it was a cheaper option for the client to see a specialist than them treat it. This was due to a specialist being quicker (surgery wise) and just more experienced and able to treat in the best way quicker. Now it depends on the issue, and if it was my pup, I would be happy for my hubby to treat a heart murmur (well when he worked in private practice) as small animal medicine was his interest, and he had done extra study in it. If I had bought up a specialist he would have informed me (I am talking as a client, not a wife) that he was comfortable treating and why. If you have a good rapport with your vet, you should be able to ask these questions and feel you are getting the right advice. Sometimes a vet is unlikely to offer a specialist as they dont think the owner is in the financial position, other times because they dont believe it is warranted. So have the conversation.

The lab is a wonderful dog. He's not desexed but plays beautifully with my dog (who also isn't desexed), is well trained and walks well on a lead. They are taking the puppy for walks each day with the other dog (and alone in the mornings now) and because it's cute and a puppy, lots of people are wanting to pat it. It just doesn't really respond to them, and sticks to the other dog like glue. I told them they need to spend more time alone with the pup, and they asked how they should do that - ie, what do they do with their other dog during this time? To get the puppy alone, should they be locking the other dog outside or something? Because if the lab is anywhere near the puppy, the pup will try as hard as possible to get to the lab. If they do lock the lab outside, well that doesn't seem fair to the lab? And also, the pup will undoubtedly carry on like a pork chop again trying to get to the lab. Taking the 2 dogs on separate walks may help. and alternating who takes who. Obedience classes for the puppy away from the other dog. Take the adult dog for a long walk wit one person and spend that time bonging with the puppy, again alternate, but it may be an idea to have one person do the adult dog stuff and the other the puppy stuff for a few days in a row. I am no training expert, but they are the ways I see you could separate 2 inseparable dogs without making the other jealous.

Our standard poodle, sleeps in our bed, generally on my side. The new puppy came home on Saturday, and we felt we would have a few weeks respite before he got big enough to sleep on the bed, but he ended up sleeping there Saturday night.

Mumtoshelley, a house with 2 golden retrievers, a chi, and a jrt is going to smell a bit doggy, especially to people who do not have dogs. On the plus side I just bathed my puppy for the first time, as this thread reminded me we needed to.

My suggestion is is your toddler is still showing this behavior when she starts school, seek professional advice, otherwise, just assume she is a child using her imagination and role playing.

We pioked up our puppy today, and he had a couple of toilet stops, during our 3.25 hour trip. We chose not to stop in town, or at parks, but the side of the road theoretically should be safe (he was on a leash) disease wise. Know it is not 100%, but the chances of a puppy with parvo being there is less than at a public park or a suburban area. That was my belief anyway. Our current dog had a 3+ hour trip home also, and we used the same rules with her.